COLUMBIA — Bondi Wood says misinformation from the Missouri Ethics Commission led to her disqualification from the Democratic nomination for Boone County Presiding Commissioner.

Wood failed to file a personal financial disclosure statement with the Missouri Ethics Commission by the April 20 deadline, according to a statement from Boone County Clerk Wendy Noren. The form discloses public information about a candidate’s
financial interests and potential conflicts of interest, according to
the Missouri Ethics Commission's website.

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This is J. Scott Christianson's campaign finance report. Bondi Wood would have been his opponent in the race for Boone County presiding commissioner.

Wood's name will not appear on the Democratic ballot for the primary or the general election.

Wood said at a press conference Wednesday morning that it was "not an oversight" on her part. She said a woman at the commission told her she did not have to fill out the form when she called them in February. Wood did not reveal the woman's name.

"My fate was sealed February 26 because I had checked that off my list," Wood said.

Wood said Betsy Byers, business services director for the Missouri Ethics Commission, confirmed that the woman Wood spoke to worked there and that she was not in the right department to answer questions regarding the form. Wood also said she has the phone records proving she called those days, but she did not record the calls.

Julie Allen, executive director of the commission, said she could not comment on specific candidates.

"When a person files for office, they are given notice for what they have to file," Allen said. "I feel very confident the commission followed the law."

The notice received by candidates and the form itself can be found here.

According to the commission's website, statewide offices and designated staff, senators and representatives, judicial candidates, judges, some state boards and commission members, and some employees of the state or political subdivisions of the state are required to file personal financial disclosure statements.

Including Wood, 45 candidates were disqualified for failure to complete this particular form, according to the commission's April 28 actions.

Democratic candidates J. Scott Christianson and John Sam Williamson are
still in the race. Following the Aug. 3 primary, one of them will face Republican Ed Robb. The former state
representative was the only Republican to file.

Wood said she will not be endorsing either of her Democratic opponents.

"That's like asking an MU Tiger fan to pick K-State or KU. I'm not prepared to do that," Wood said. "They've always been gentlemen. I liked them a lot more before they filed against me," she said with a laugh.